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5@c man begin SEEALSO
6gfdl(7), fsf-funding(7).
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8@c man begin COPYRIGHT
9Copyright @copyright{} 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
10
11Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this
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16@c man begin DESCRIPTION
17@unnumbered GNU General Public License
18@center Version 3, 29 June 2007
19
20@c This file is intended to be included in another file.
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23Copyright @copyright{} 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @url{http://fsf.org/}
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27@end display
28
29@heading Preamble
30
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642HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE PROGRAM ``AS IS'' WITHOUT
643WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
644LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
645A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND
646PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE
647DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR
648CORRECTION.
649
650@item Limitation of Liability.
651
652IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
653WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MODIFIES AND/OR
654CONVEYS THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
655INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
656ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT
657NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR
658LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM
659TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER
660PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
661
662@item Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
663
664If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
665above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
666reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
667an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
668Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
669copy of the Program in return for a fee.
670
671@end enumerate
672
673@heading END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
674
675@heading How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
676
677If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
678possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
679free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these
680terms.
681
682To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
683to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
684state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
685the ``copyright'' line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
686
687@smallexample
688@var{one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.}
689Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author}
690
691This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
692it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
693the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
694your option) any later version.
695
696This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
697WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
698MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
699General Public License for more details.
700
701You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
702along with this program.  If not, see @url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
703@end smallexample
704
705Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
706
707If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
708notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
709
710@smallexample
711@var{program} Copyright (C) @var{year} @var{name of author}
712This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type @samp{show w}.
713This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
714under certain conditions; type @samp{show c} for details.
715@end smallexample
716
717The hypothetical commands @samp{show w} and @samp{show c} should show
718the appropriate parts of the General Public License.  Of course, your
719program's commands might be different; for a GUI interface, you would
720use an ``about box''.
721
722You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
723if any, to sign a ``copyright disclaimer'' for the program, if necessary.
724For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
725@url{http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
726
727The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your
728program into proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine
729library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary
730applications with the library.  If this is what you want to do, use
731the GNU Lesser General Public License instead of this License.  But
732first, please read @url{http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-not-lgpl.html}.
733@c man end
734